13 The Fall of Mankind Part 1

The serpent text tells us that the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. The Hebrew word here for subtle is arum which is a word play on Genesis 2:25 arumeem which is translated as naked and unashamed. We see the contrast of Adam and eve being very open and innocent while the Devil is exposed as shrewd, crafty, cunning, and sly. Satan wanted to obtain through deceit the authority over the earth that he lost because of his own fall. The verse also states that God had made this creature thereby affirming the genuineness of an actual serpent. Many continue to relegate this story to mythology. They say it is only important that we realize that “something” happened to cause sin to come into the world. Neither Jesus nor the New Testament writers took this posture (John 8: 44; Romans 5: 12, 16: 20; I Corinthians 15: 21; II Corinthians 11: 3-4; I Timothy 2: 14). These were actual events that occurred in time and space on this earth.